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Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has thanked Safaricom, his family, Savova Whitesands hotel and his entire staff for helping make his birthday memorable.

The ODM deputy party leader celebrated his birthday on Friday, which he said had been made special by the team he thanked.

“I would like to thank my family, Safaricom, Sarova Whitesands, my entire staff and all the well wishers who have been flooding me with goodwill messages and prayers since morning,” the governor wrote on his Facebook page, with more than 170,000 likes.

“Thank you for making this day a special one.”

Joho has lately been leading a campaign for the ODM candidate in the Malindi parliamentary by-election, set to be held on March 7.